Beyonce won three awards, including best female R&B/pop artist, and video of the year for "Drunk In Love." Pharrell won best male R&B/pop artist.

Multiple award-winner Pharrell Williams opened the show at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles with special surprise guest Missy Elliott. The duo performed "Come Get It Bae," off Pharrell's 2014 album, "GIRL."

Pharrell, this year's Best Male R&B Artist Award winner, credited the fans for making his song "Happy" the break-out, feel-good song of 2014.

"You turned it into a phenomenon," Pharrell said. "It's the award that belongs to all the people."